16-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , 16-Sco is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:22, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:56, 41° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:05, 38° above your southern horizon.
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Name
16-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h12m07s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°32'51" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: | 5.43 (V) [2] 5.58 (BT) [2] 5.44 (VT) [2] 5.40 (G) [4] 5.46 (BP) [4] 5.28 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 78.6 parsec 256.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.12 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 44.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 90.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.95 |
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